More on Rudy, or How gay is this!
Liberal Garrison Keillor pounces:
Mr. Giuliani should put the issue behind him by answering a few questions: (1) How much did he have to drink that night, and what was he drinking? (2) Whose idea was it--his own or an aide's? If the latter, was there wagering involved and how much was bet? (3) Were the garments new or used, and who picked them out? And was he wearing male or female underthings? (4) On a scale of 1 to 10, how good did he feel in that dress?
Meanwhile, conservative James Taranto defends Rudy:
Whether Keillor is expressing his own prejudices or cynically trying to appeal to the prejudices of others, his effort to smear Giuliani by playing on fears of homosexuality is invidious and unseemly.
11 Comments for “What a Drag!”
posted by PaulP on
This (Mr. Miller’s juxtaposition) is tired. Keillor is clearly much more interested in Giuliani’s lack of substance than in the cross-dressing incident, a fact that both Miller and Taranto conveniently overlook.
And Steve, “How gay is this!”? Did no one ever define for you the difference between transvestism and homosexuality?
In fine, Mr. Miller, those who read your screeds regularly are plenty familiar with the “liberals aren’t your friend, conservatives can be” point of view that you espouse nearly ad nauseum. Give it a rest, please. How about this for a new message: “both conservatives and liberals can be and often are morons.” Something with which we all agree, and which never gets tired.
posted by timothy on
ewwww, ick.
Not about Rudy in a dress but about Keillor’s really creepy comments. Questions about “what underwear were you wearing” are ugly whether from the right or the left and Keillor’s seemed to be of the really nasty variety.
Watching Prairey Home Campanion (the movie – yeah I that one person who saw it) he came across as an arrogant condescending jerk. I thought that was just for the movie. Now I really sense that getting stuck next to Keillor at a dinner party would be a night from hell.
After reading his icky article, I felt like I needed to take a shower.
posted by John on
Oh give me a break. Keillor’s comments were obviously meant to be tongue in cheek and point out the absurdity of anyone even having an issue with Rudy’s campy appearance in drag. Both incidents were hysterical – Rudy appearing in drag and Garrison making fun of those who would try and make something so entirely pointless into an issue. And as usual, the knee-jerk reaction from humorless conservatives is denunciation.
posted by LeBain on
Judging by their words, liberals are some of the most prejudiced people commenting about gays. Liberals immediately associate being gay with molesting children, as witnessed by the recent Foley outing, Kolbe scouting trip investigation, and the Spokane Mayor outing recently feaetured on Nightline.
I was amazed to see the Spokane paper’s hippy editors suggesting such headlines for Mayor West’s recall news as “Bye Bye Bi Guy”, and more offensively “West Goes Down!”
Now Keillor plays on homophobia to make jokes about Giuliani, primarily I’m sure, to be sure that Republicans know that America’s Mayor once did drag.
Disgusting.
posted by Avee on
Lots of lefties hide their own anti-gay antipathies, but believe they can safely unleash them as long as they are attacking conservatives.
posted by Randy on
Few people seem to understand that Garrison Keillor is first and foremost a comedian, and specializes in understated subtlety.
But then, perhaps people here think that Steven Colbert really believes all the things he says on his show?
posted by PCT on
Let’s see – Ann Coulter wishes the bombers had blown up the New York Times building, but that’s funny. Keillor makes fun of Rudy, and the wingnuts are shocked – SHOCKED – at the horror of it all.
Geeze… conservatives… get a life….
posted by m on
Did it ever occur to you that Keillor is joking? Might want to invest in a sense of humor there. The whole column is tongue-in-cheek, and you have to be dug really deep into some bizarre mindset to take it seriously.
posted by m on
P.S.: I find it particularly funny that Taranto said Keillor was missing the joke. Hello pot, meet kettle!
posted by Eva Young on
I read Keillor’s column today – and thought it was trying to play to anti-gay animus.
posted by Brian Miller on
Who cares, either way?
I find it particularly ironic that this blog entry is across the page from articles claiming that gay people are too sensitive to inaccurate media portrayals. People waste far too much time on “calculated offendedness” and nowhere near enough time on issues of substance or import.